6th Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival

On the 22nd – 31st of July 2004, The 6th Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival reunited more than 15 thousand people. More than 300 short film productions produced in Brazil and in 39 other countries in the world were exhibited in 119 cinema and video sessions shown in Cine Humberto Mauro and in João Ceschiatti Theater in Palácio das Artes, in SESC/MG – Laces/JK, in the Belo Horizonte cultural center in five Cultural Regions located around the City Hall.

The Brazilian Competitive Shows exhibited 41 shorts, coming from seven Brazilian states. The International Competitive Shows had the participation of 38 short films originated from 20 countries.

Beside the Competitions, the Festival also exhibited various Special Programs. Retrospective Shows focused on the Brazilian filmmakers work, like Elyseu Visconti Cavalleiro, Carlos Adriano and José Eduardo Belmonte or producers from Minas Gerais state like the “Grupo Novo de Cinema e TV” and “Emvideo”. Animations, premium shorts in the Huesca Festival in Spain, and the production of short films from countries like Portugal, Argentina, Germany and from the African continent were also the theme of Special Programs.

The Festival also inaugurated sessions with other production types of short films like publicity films and “Videoclips”. Other programs that were inaugurated in the 6th edition were “Dance Video” and “Releases”. Something different from the 6th edition of the Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival was the exhibition of productions done in video.

In the Video Library of the Festival, the public can watch videos of all the shorts that were entered in the competitive shows in booths that support up to two people. During the nine day event around 900 people watched approximately 1.200 shorts.
Almost 500 people participated in two workshops, eight meetings and nine seminars provided by the Festival.

Brazilian Competitive Shows Awards:

- Best Brazilian Short Film – Official Jury Award
“Superfície”, by Jimi Figueiredo (DF)

- Best Brazilian Revelation Director – Technical Jury Award
Cláudia Ribeiro and Sílvia Godinho, for “Meninos da Zona Sul” (MG)

- Best Brazilian Director – Technical Jury Award
Marcos de Brito, for “Uninverso” (SP)

- Best Brazilian Screen-play – Technical Jury Award
Victor Lopes, for “Bala Perdida” (RJ)

- Best Brazilian Photography – Technical Jury Award
Mauro Pinheiro Júnior, for “Transubstancial”(PB)

- Best Brazilian Editing – Technical Jury Award
Ricardo de Barros, for “9:32 AM” (SP)

- Best Brazilian Sound – Technical Jury Award
Louis Robin, for “Carregar uma Criança” (SP)

- Best Brazilian Actress – Technical Jury Award
Débora Duboc, for “Imensidade” (SP)

- Best Brazilian Actor – Technical Jury Award
Mário Bortolotto, for “Enjaulados” (SP)

Special Mention from the Official Jury Award:

“Velha História”, by Claudia Jouvin (RJ)
“Cartas da Mãe”, by Marina Willer and Fernando Kinas (SP)

- Best Brazilian Short Film – Audience Award
“Cartas da Mãe”, by Marina Willer and Fernando Kinas (SP)

- Best Brazilian Short Film – Critics Award - José Zuba Jr.
“A História da Eternidade”, by Camilo Cavalcante (PE)

- Best Brazilian Short Film – Associação Curta Minas
“Mensageiras da Luz - Parteiras da Amazônia”, by Evaldo Mocarzel (SP)

Honorable Mention – Associação Curta Minas Award

- “A Figueira do Inferno – Um Registro Etno-Botânico da Utilização de Dau”, by Raoni Vale e Ernesto Teodósio (PE)
- “A Espera”, by Ernesto Solis (RJ)

International Competitive Shows Awards:

- Best International Short Film – Official Jury Award
“Sobre la tierra”, by Maria Florencia Alvarez (Argentina)

- Best International Director – Official Jury Award
“Zona Cero”, by Carolina Rivas (Mexico)

- Best International Screen-play – Official Jury Award
Juan Flesca, for “Stanley y Las Inundaciones” (Spain)

- Best International Photography – Official Jury Award
Andris Prieditis, for “Sarmites” (Lithuania)

- Best International Editing – Official Jury Award
Hanna Nordholt and Fritz Steingrobe, for “Yo Lo Vi” (Germany)

- Best International Sound – Official Jury Award
Gábor Balázs, for “Kis apokrif Nº 2” (Hungary)

- Best International Actress – Official Jury Award
Assy Fall, for “Petite Lumiére” (France)

- Best International Actor – Official Jury Award
All actors of the short filme “L’homme Sans Tête” (France)

Special Mentions from the Official Jury Award

- “Solo Un Cargador”, for the humanitarian view (Peru)
- “Un Cartus De Kent Si Un Pachet De Cafea”, for the consistency of the interpretations (Romenia)

- Special Award from the Official Jury Award
“Meon- ji”, by Jae-Hee Hong (South Korea)

- Best International Short Film – Audience Award
“L’aîné De

cis”, by Carine Tardieu (France)

- Best International Short Film – Critics Award - José Zuba Jr.
“Zona Cero”, by Carolina Rivas (Mexico)